Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in South Carolina for 2014

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

South Carolina has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

Any federal employees in South Carolina who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 14.16% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$30,216

$31,055

$31,894

$32,733

$33,572

$34,411

$35,250

$36,089

$36,928

$37,768

LEO-4

$33,920

$34,862

$35,804

$36,746

$37,688

$38,629

$39,571

$40,513

$41,455

$42,397

LEO-5

$39,012

$40,067

$41,122

$42,176

$43,231

$44,286

$45,341

$46,396

$47,451

$48,505

LEO-6

$41,130

$42,304

$43,479

$44,654

$45,828

$47,003

$48,178

$49,353

$50,527

$51,702

LEO-7

$44,403

$45,709

$47,015

$48,321

$49,626

$50,932

$52,238

$53,544

$54,850

$56,156

LEO-8

$46,282

$47,728

$49,174

$50,621

$52,067

$53,514

$54,960

$56,406

$57,853

$59,299

LEO-9

$49,520

$51,117

$52,715

$54,312

$55,909

$57,506

$59,103

$60,700

$62,297

$63,894

LEO-10

$54,534

$56,293

$58,053

$59,812

$61,571

$63,330

$65,089

$66,849

$68,608

$70,367

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Goose Creek, North Charleston, Sumter, Parris Island, and other areas within the region.

The CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Charlotte and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 14.16% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$30,216

$31,055

$31,894

$32,733

$33,572

$34,411

$35,250

$36,089

$36,928

$37,768

LEO-4

$33,920

$34,862

$35,804

$36,746

$37,688

$38,629

$39,571

$40,513

$41,455

$42,397

LEO-5

$39,012

$40,067

$41,122

$42,176

$43,231

$44,286

$45,341

$46,396

$47,451

$48,505

LEO-6

$41,130

$42,304

$43,479

$44,654

$45,828

$47,003

$48,178

$49,353

$50,527

$51,702

LEO-7

$44,403

$45,709

$47,015

$48,321

$49,626

$50,932

$52,238

$53,544

$54,850

$56,156

LEO-8

$46,282

$47,728

$49,174

$50,621

$52,067

$53,514

$54,960

$56,406

$57,853

$59,299

LEO-9

$49,520

$51,117

$52,715

$54,312

$55,909

$57,506

$59,103

$60,700

$62,297

$63,894

LEO-10

$54,534

$56,293

$58,053

$59,812

$61,571

$63,330

$65,089

$66,849

$68,608

$70,367

The Charlotte locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.